The Washington critic., 1887-12-07

Another Whig State Convention met IN |
Maryland, which favored General Harrison,
but named for second place John Tyler.
General Harrison also received nominations
in New York, Ohio and other States.
THE FIRST WIG CONVENTION
met at Harrisburg December 4, 1889, and
nominated William II. Harrison and John
Tyler On the 18th of November of the
same year the Aboitionists held conven
ton at Warsaw, NY. and nominated James
@. Birncy and Francis J. Lcmoyne. The
Democratic National Convention of 1870
held at Baltimore May 8, ronominaied Prcsi
put in nomination, owing to the action of
State Legislatures that made nominations Of
their own.
TIE CAMPAIGN OF 1874.
May I, 1911, the Wings assembled in Ma
tional Convention at Baltimore and put the
following ticket in the field Henry Clay of
Kentucky and r. Frclinghuysen of New
Jersey
The Democrats met May 81, 1874. at Bnlti
more and nominated James X. Polk often
nessce and Sns Wright of New York. Mr..
Wright declined the nomination for Vice
President, and George NJ. Dallas was So
lccted to complete the ticket. james q.
Birncy of Michigan and Thomas Morris of
Ohio composed the ticket of the Liberty
party, that met in National Convention ON
the Both of August, at Buffalo, n. Y.
THE CAMPAIGN or 1913.
The choice of the Wing National Conven-
ton that met in Philadelphia June I, 1918,
was General Zachary Taylor of Louisiana
and Milard Fillmore of New York. The
same year, in Baltimore, May %, the Demo-
Gratis nominated Lewis Cass and w. o. But
Ter. Tho boilers of this convention, the
the 22d of June, just one month later, and
placed in nomination Martin Van Buren
| and Henry Dodge of Wisconsin. General
| Dodge declined, and in August a convention
assembled at Buffalo and selected Mr. Adams
| to fill the vacancy.
CONVENTIONS or 1852.
The Wing National Convention of 1852
met at Baltimore and nominated General
Winfield Scott and William A. Graham OF
North Carolina.
The Democrats in the same year and city
nominated General Franklin Pierce of New
| Hampshire and w. II. King of Alabama.
The Free Soil Democracy met on the llth
of August, 1852, and nominated John =, Hale
of New Hampshire and George w. Julian OF
Indiana.
CONVENTIONS OF 1856.
February 10, 1856, the American National
Convention-thc Know Nothing party--met
in Philadelphia and nominated Millard Fill
more and Andrew Jackson Donelson of
Tennessee.
Cincinnati was the city selected by the
Democrats in 1856 for the National Conyen-
| ton, and there Buchanan and Breckenridge
were nominated In Baltimore the same
year the Wing Convention was held and the
nominations of Fillmore and Donclson were
concurred in.
CONVENTIONS o. 1850.
1t was in the month of May, 1860, that the
Republicans met in convention at Chicago
and nominated Lincoln and Hamlin.
At this period the most exciting events in
our political history took place The Dem
ocIats met in Charleston, S. c., on the 23d of
| April, but failed to harmonize on u ticket.
A number of Southern delegates withdrew
and met in Richmond on the llth of June,
there awaiting the action of the National
Democratic Convention which had recon-
vencd ut Baltimore after failing to nominate
ticket at Charleston. The Baltimore con-
vcntion nominated Douglass and johnson.
The secedeys on the 2Sth of June nominated
Breckenridge and Lane.
CONVENTIONS OF 1864.
The Republican Union National Conven-
ton, as it was called, met in Baltimore IN
'6i and renominated Lincoln, with Andrew
Johnson for Vice-President. The Demo
Gratis, in convention at Chicago, nominated
General Mcclellan and Mr.. Pendlcton, the
father Of Civil Service Reform.
CONVENTIONS OF 1Sjs.
The conventions of 1868 met as follows.
The Republicans ut Chicago, nominating
Grant and Colfax; the Democrats ut New
York, nominating Seymour and Blair.
CONVENTIONS OF 1872.
The Republican Convention of 1872 was
held in Philadelphia and rcnominnted Grant,
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, being
selected for Vice-Prcsident. The Democratic
Convention of this year was held at Bnlti-
more ns Il Liberal Republican" Convention
and endorsed Horace Greeley and B. Gratz
Brown, who had been previously nomi
mated by the Liberal Republicans at Chi
| cago.
CONVENTIONS OF 1876.
Again in 1876 Cincinnati was selected for
their convention by the Republicans. This
famous convention nominated Hayes and
Wheeler. The Democrats assembled in st.
Louis, and ended their labors by nominating
the successful candidates, samuel ]. Tilden
and Thomas A. Hendricks. The Green
hackers and ProhibitionistS held n conven-
ton in 1876 at indianapolis, Ind, and Clovc-
land, Ohio, respectively. Peter Cooper and
Newton Booth were the candidates of the
Greenbackers, while Rev. Green Clay Smith
and q. I. Stewart represented the Prohibi-
tionists.
PARTY PLATFORMS.
Before the conventions of 1910 the two
parties SIMPLY nominated candidates, and por-
haps with the passage of a resolution the
conventions adjourned. But as the popula-
ton increased and parties grew in strength,
it became necessary TO do something besides
nominate candidates. The parties must
offer some good reason why they should be
intrusted with the affairs of the people;
hence the adoption of the platform system.
1t was i'll 1910 that the Democratic party in
troduced the platform in convention, and it
has been done ever since by all parties.
As u rule party nominations were always
abided by, but in 1913, when the Abolition
lists began to make their power felt, a certain
number of liberal Democrats bolted the
convention, and made independent nomina-
tions.
LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE
The custom is now when n candidate is
notified of his nomination to write a letter OF
acceptance. The first letter of that kind on
record is that of General Scott accepting the
nomination of the Wing party in 1852.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
National Conventions are called by a Ma
tional Executive Committee. The first ori-
gin of the Executive Committee runs back
to the committee appointed by the conven-
ton in 1860 that nominated Abraham Lin
coin; and ever since Executive Committees
have issued the calls for the conventions to
meet.
The Republicans in 1850 nominated Gar
field and Arthur at Chicago, and the Demo-
Gratis Hancock and English at Cincinnati